Bmibaby
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| bmibaby | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA WW | ICAO BMI |
Callsign BABY |
| Founded | 2002 | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Manchester International Airport|
| Fleet size | 19 | |
| Destinations | 20 | |
| Headquarters | Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom | |
| Key people | Nigel Tuner (CEO), Sir Michael Bishop CBE (Chairman), Crawford Rix (Acting Managing Director bmibaby), David Hodge (Marketing Director bmibaby), Steve Burns (Commercial Director bmibaby), Tim Berry(Operations Director bmibaby) | |
| Website: http://www.bmibaby.com | ||
- The correct title of this article is bmibaby. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
bmibaby is the low-cost airline subsidiary of bmi. It flies to destinations in Europe from its main bases at Nottingham East Midlands, Manchester, Cardiff, and Birmingham International.
Unlike its parent bmi, bmibaby is not a member of the Star Alliance. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.<ref>Operating Licence</ref>
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[edit] History
The airline was established on 17 January 2002 and started operations on 22 March 2002 with a flight between East Midlands and Málaga.
bmibaby is able to differentiate itself in the marketplace through advertising, low fares, customer service and its website. The site allows passengers to make or change their booking online, view previous bookings and to allocate their seats before checking in, albeit at an extra charge.
In June 2005, the airline began offering seats on regular bmi flights to European destinations, effectively serving many other airports throughout Europe including London Heathrow.
[edit] Services
bmibaby fly to the following destinations (as of October 2006):
- Domestic UK
Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Jersey, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newquay, Nottingham East Midlands, Prestwick
- International
Alicante, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Barcelona, Cork, Dublin, Faro, Geneva, Knock, Málaga, Murcia, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Prague and Perpignan.
This list does not include destinations served by bmi, to which bmibaby seats may be allocated. See bmi destinations for more information on these services.
[edit] Fleet
The bmibaby fleet consists of the following aircraft at August 2006 <ref>UK CAA Aircraft Register</ref> :
[edit] Trivia
Aircraft are named with 'baby' in the title, such as rock a bye baby and baby blue skies. On 25th August 2006 bmibaby was confirmed as the sponsor of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in the UK. One plane is now named ice ice baby. <ref>Sponsors of Elite Ice Hockey League</ref>
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[edit] References
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Air Scotland • Air Southwest • Astraeus • Atlantic Airlines • Atlantic Express • Aurigny Air Services • Blue Islands • bmi • bmibaby • bmi regional • British Airways • BA Connect • British Mediterranean Airways • British NorthWest Airlines • City Star Airlines • DHL Air • Eastern Airways • easyJet • Euromanx • First Choice Airways • Flightline • Flybe • Flyglobespan • GB Airways • Global Supply Systems • Highland Airways • Isles of Scilly Skybus • Jet2.com • Loganair • Lydd Air • Manx2 • Monarch Airlines • MyTravel • Silverjet • ScotAirways • Thomas Cook Airlines • Thomsonfly • Titan Airways • Virgin Atlantic Airways • XL Airways
See also: Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
